Frog-trap.



C. M. SUCK.

PROG TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27y 1909v Patented July 18, 1911 vri WHW c was y@ CHARLES n. A SUCK',

the -handle tobc fastened at a desired angle UNiTED' s rargs PATENT OFFICE.-

or CLARKSBURG, WEST Avins-friuli, Assmann or ONE-HALF To J.-w. WoRLEY, or SALEM, WEST-VIRGINIA.

FROG-TRAP.

To all v'whom it may concern:

- v13e 'itknown that I, CHARLES""M. Stick,-

a eitizen' of the United States, residing at Clarksburg, in the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented new and l useful Improvements in Frog-Traps, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to frog traps, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and effective device by which frogs may be caught alive, allowing them to be shipped to the market in ,such condition.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure lis a side elevation, partially in section, of a frog trap embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a. bottomplan view. `Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig'. 1.

l designates thefunnel-shaped body ofthe trap,l which is preferably made of wire, its lower enlar ed end or mouth being provided with areinforcing rim 2. The mouth has a conical chamber' or entrance 3 formed by a similarly shaped door or gate composed of gravity, to rcturnsaid 'door sectionto closed position.

A headl 5 is fixed toa-the upper reduced endof the body and has pivoted thereto, as by a bolt 6,-a socket 'Z adapted to receive the end of a comparatively long manipulating handle 8. A nut 9 on the bolt adapts to the body.

Specication of Letters Patent.` Patented July 18, 1911, 4Animation filed August 27, 1909. Serial No. 514,950.

In use, the operator, standing at a distance from the frog, manipulates the handle to place the trap body over the frog, so that the latterl will be caught in the entrance 3. The frog, in endeavoring to escape, will jump up into the trap body, fromV which he may be removed alive, Ythe door s tions opening 4to permit of his passage and then automatically closing to prevent his escape.

Frogs are usually gigged or'shotbwhere- -by they are filled with holes and quickly die annular rim reinforcing said base, ar cap closing the upper reduced end of the body, a manipulating handle connected wit said cap, a cone-shaped mouth normally losing the lowerfend of said trap chamber and formed of a plurality of doors each having the shape of a part of the surface of a. cone and 'hinged to the reinforcing rim and extending therefrom upwardly 1nto` the body, said doors being adapted to swing upwardly and outwardly under pressure from an en-l trapped frog within said mouth for the passage of-tl1e frog into-said trap chamber, and.

springs connecting said doors with the reinforcing rim and 4operating to normally hold I the doors closed.-

In testimonyl whereof I aiiixvrny signature in presence of two witnesses.

' y CHARLES M. SUCK.V Witnesses: y l

CARI. LYON, ELLIS LYON. 

